Talmage

History

The area in the vicinity of Talmage began to be settled in the late 1850s. The Missouri Pacific Railroad's Kansas City-Omaha line construction reached the area by 1881. The town was platted on March 7, 1882, on land donated by local farmer Clark Puffer. It was named for Archibald A. Talmage, a superintendent of the railroad, Talmage was the birthplace (in 1913) of film actor Anthony Dexter.

Geography

Talmage is located at (40.531767, -96.023678). According to the United States Census Bureau, the village has a total area of , all land. The town is located southeast of Lincoln and south of Omaha, lying just west of Nebraska Highway 67.

Race & ethnicity

Most-observed species

• American Robin

  Turdus migratorius Linnaeus, 1766 · Aves
  513
• Northern Cardinal

  Cardinalis cardinalis (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  471
• Blue Jay

  Cyanocitta cristata (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  469
• Red-bellied Woodpecker

  Melanerpes carolinus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  357
• Mourning Dove

  Zenaida macroura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  353
• Turkey Vulture

  Cathartes aura (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  318
• Red-winged Blackbird

  Agelaius phoeniceus (Linnaeus, 1766) · Aves
  274
• European Starling

  Sturnus vulgaris Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  252

Most recent

• M 2.9 — 2014-01-06
  5 km NW of Liberty, Nebraska
• M 3.6 — 2009-12-17
  2 km NW of Auburn, Nebraska
• M 3.5 — 2004-07-16
  6 km SSE of Riverton, Iowa